Nuggsy

I’ve re-read your response a few times and it may be lack of sleep, but I’m struggling to mentally register what you were trying to saying.

My interpretation of what they were saying wasn’t in defence of the cartel, but that a different course of action would be more impactful. Fight them by targeting their revenue stream.

It’s always good to remove the head of a cartel, but you could argue the way it was carried out had no thought behind the immediate repercussions on civilians.

Men can be shitty idiots, but I would just say humans as a whole can be shitty idiots. I’ve known a few from both sides.

The price of winning

Like the mythical memory of a goldfish

That and it’s a ‘social media ban’ which is a pretty broad term. Depending how you define social media it could ecompase a lot of other platforms not included in the initial list i.e. Steam, Discord, etc.

This could lead to further restrictions on freedom of speech and anonymity dependent on whatever agenda the government is pushing or to try to control dissent by forcing the poplace to provide some form of ID to access any platform/access the internet.

That may be a leap too far from where we currently are, but it’s an important factor to consider as it could have wider reaching consequences if left unchecked.

That being said, I think the large social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are cesspools that prey on children/teens and are designed to be addictive even for adults.

It’s due to that I’m stuck on the fence a little. If anything we as a society should be looking to pressure social media companies to operate ethically.

What has happened instead is that the Australian government has basically pushed the onus on social media companies to block access to these platforms and threatened them with a fine. There’s no real plan for implementation, no push for education on social media and its issues.

Someone forgot to put their diaper on in the morning